FILM: Shadows of Liberty - 3 Boston Area Screenings Starting 2/28
Join filmmaker Jean-Philippe Tremblay for three Boston area screenings of the documentary feature Shadows of Liberty - co-sponsored by Open Media Boston.
Shadows of Liberty reveals the extraordinary truth behind the news media: censorship, cover‐ups and corporate control. Filmmaker Jean-Philippe Tremblay takes an intrepid journey through the darker corridors of the American media landscape, where global conglomerates call the shots. For decades, their overwhelming influence has distorted news journalism and compromised its values. In highly revealing stories, renowned journalists, activists and academics give insider accounts of a broken media system. Controversial news reports are suppressed, people are censored for speaking out, and lives are shattered as the arena for public expression is turned into a private profit zone. Tracing the story of media manipulation through the years, Shadows of Liberty poses a crucial question: why have we let a handful of powerful corporations write the news?
FEATURING: Danny Glover, Julian Assange, Dan Rather, Amy Goodman, David Simon, Daniel Ellsberg, Norman Solomon, Dick Gregory, Roberta Baskin, Robert McChesney, John Nichols, Chris Hedges, Kristina Borjesson, and many more.
OFFICIAL SELECTION: IDFA, Sheffield Doc/Fest, HotDocs, Vancouver Intl. Film Festival, DOKFILM, Bergen Intl. Film Festival, Canberra Intl. Film Festival, Leeds Intl. Film Fest, Docs DF, London Intl. Documentary Festival, Open City Documentary Festival
SCREENING SCHEDULE
BOSTON, MA
Free Screening
6pm, 28th February 2014
Venue: Simmons College, 300 Fenway Boston, MA 02115
Presented by Simmons College Newspaper
Followed by a Q&A with the director, Jean-Philippe Tremblay, Erica Moura of the Boston Herald, and Len Mailloux, Professor, former radio personality and 1st Amendment expert.
RSVP Requested. Click here for more info and to RSVP
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ARLINGTON, MA
Special Screening and Comedy Night!
7.30pm, 4th March 2014
Venue: Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street, Arlington, MA
Featuring two of Boston's finest comedians: Jimmy Tingle & Matthew Filipowicz, with comedy before the fim and a post-film interview with the director, Jean-Philippe Tremblay
Presented by Laughing Liberally Boston
General Admission: $10 advance; $12 day of show
Click here for more info & tickets
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CAMBRIDGE, MA
6pm, 5th March 2014
Venue: M.I.T., 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
Presented by Western Hemisphere Project
Followed by a Q&A with the director, Jean-Philippe Tremblay
Ticketing & venue info coming soon
